xray xt8

[jollyjumper]

coming soon is xray's new xt-8 truggy,
who will convert it?:005:

[Mike.L]

well see, knowone knows if it would be worthy enoguh. Hey by any chance do you have a link of it or any picture?

Its 1/8th right?

[GorillaMaxx360]

Man i knew they would come out with one i love xray. I think it will be sick. probably to expensive to convert for me though the nitro xray touring car will realy shake the racing world though.

[Papa]

[captain harlock]

Probably a magnified version of the X-Ray buggy.

[jollyjumper]

i would do it if there was away to go around the steel spur problems.

[pinolelst]

Originally Posted by jollyjumper

i would do it if there was away to go around the steel spur problems.

Curious what this means..is it vehicle specific or a radio noise concern...just asking as I've considered steel spur for my Cen Matrix conversion for durability's sake

tia

pinolelst

[jhautz]

Originally Posted by pinolelst

Curious what this means..is it vehicle specific or a radio noise concern...just asking as I've considered steel spur for my Cen Matrix conversion for durability's sake

tia

pinolelst

Steel spurs eat pinion gears for lunch in electric conversions. If you go with a steel spur prepare for replaceing the pinion gears very fequntly. I've heard as much as every few packs. Even using the hardened pinion gears they just dont last. Plastic is much better.

[pinolelst]

Originally Posted by jhautz

Steel spurs eat pinion gears for lunch in electric conversions. If you go with a steel spur prepare for replaceing the pinion gears very fequntly. I've heard as much as every few packs. Even using the hardened pinion gears they just dont last. Plastic is much better.

Thanks

pinolelst

[Mike.L]

you guys know that associated is making a 1/8 buggy?

[GorillaMaxx360]

nope

[Sylvester]

Im probably gonna convert that associated buggy for fun ; although i could do somthing else!

[BrianG]

I'm actually testing steel pinions in my Hyper 8 and my CRT.5 right now to see just how long they last. Both vehicles have very solid motor mounts so mesh shouldn't be an issue. After all, when you get the steel idlers in the emaxx tranny, the both the top gear and the idler last a long time...

[jhautz]

The idlers in an emaxx tranny are wider gears, which results in a larger contact area between the gears spreading the force over a larger surface. The steel spur gears are all very thin faces which concentrates the force in a very small area.

Plus a little lube in the emaxx tranny goes a long way.

[zeropointbug]

Steel spurs... I bought a RR steel 72T spur back in the day with my STOCK emaxx, and it was eating my pinions up very quickly. 15 packs through it, and the pinions were razer blades.